Pharmacology

Zombie Panic: Ecstasy Adulteration, Face Eating, And PMMA Deaths

Ecstasy, marijuana (including synthetic cannabinoids sold as ‘Spice’ and ‘Incense’) and various psychoactive ‘legal highs’ have surged in popularity and Canada has become a major criminal hub for ecstasy.  Recent deaths have been linked to paramethoxymeth ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2014 - 11:21am

Adding Bevacizumab To Initial Glioblastoma Treatment Doesn't Improve Overall Survival

Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant adult brain tumor and, despite treatment advances in recent years, the average survival of patients enrolled in clinical trials is less than 16 months. Few patients live beyond five years. Glioblastoma tum ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2014 - 12:50pm

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Linked To ADD In Kids

If you were pregnant, did you ever take a Tylenol? If not, you have unreal levels of tolerance for discomfort but if you did, and you think your child is hyperactive, a new study may have some answers. Not 'why' answers, just a 'perhaps' ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2014 - 4:00pm

Anti-Depressants: Psychological Side-Effects Are Even Worse Than Thought

In America, after a startling homicide occurs, there is a lot of talk about society and guns and violence culture and what we should ban, everything from guns to video games. Much less discussed, because we don't want to demonize mental illness, is t ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2014 - 11:38pm

Stop Taking Ecstasy, You Dummies

Canada has gotten a bizarre sort of entrepreneurial in the last decade. With Toronto mayor Rob Ford making headlines and a booming ecstasy industry, they have become a party destination.  And that success has led to even newer designer highs which are flo ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2014 - 6:26pm

Is The FDA Really Sexist?

On face value, if you read Anita Clayton's Huffington Post piece entitled  “The FDA, Sexual Dysfunction and Gender Inequality,” you could not come to any conclusion other that the FDA is overtly sexist. ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Feb 27 2014 - 11:50pm

Oxadiazoles: New Class Of Antibiotics Discovered

A team of researchers led by Mayland Chang and Shahriar Mobashery have discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other drug-resistant bacteria that threaten public health.  ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2014 - 4:43pm

Oxytocin As A New Treatment For Anorexia?

While there's no genetic basis for anorexia nervosa, psychiatrists say there may be a chemical treatment- oxytocin, the 'love hormone'.   ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2014 - 11:16pm

Significant Increase In ER Painkiller Prescriptions- And It's Going To Get Worse

Between 2001 and 2010, there were dramatic increases in Emergency Room prescriptions of opioid analgesics, such as Percocet, Vicodin, oxycodone and Dilaudid. No surprise there, America is increasingly over-medicated, be it on supplements, homeopathy or le ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2014 - 5:00pm

Potent Pot Is Not A Myth

People who smoke high-potency cannabis end up getting higher doses of THC even if they might reduce the amount they puff and inhale to compensate for the higher strength Result: they still take in more THC than smokers of lower potency cannabis. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2014 - 11:53am